[2] Apastovo lies on the Kazan–Ulyanovsk auto route, 109 kilometers (68 mi) south of the republic's capital of Kazan,[2] in the Sviyaga River valley,[10] 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from the main channel, on a small stream named Tabarka, which is a tributary of the Ulema River.

[citation needed] Apastovo served as the administrative center of Apastovsky District in 1930–1963, and again since March 4, 1964.

[2] Apastovo is home to the Apastovsky Museum, which was established on December 31, 1991 and opened to public on November 1, 1993.

[11] The museum contains archaeological and paleontological finds in the area, including ancient tools, bone needles, stone hammers, a skull of a rhinoceros, mammoth teeth, and more.

[11] It also exhibits a collection of documents and photographs from the 19th and 20th century and provides an insight into the ethnography and everyday living of the Kazan Tatars.